Impacts of religion on environmental worldviews: The Teton Valley case

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 704-718

  Peterson, M Nils ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catholic; Christian; Environmentalism; LDS; Mormon; NEP; Politics; Religion; Worldview

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTALISM; RELIGION;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; TETON VALLEY; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 48749112325     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802191852     Document Type: Article

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